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1997 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Japan-U.S.study on self development and socio-cultural context in adolescence

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07044011
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
SectionJoint Research
Research Field 教育・社会系心理学
Research InstitutionShirayuri College

Principal Investigator

KASHIWAGI Keiko  Shirayuri College, Development Psychology, Prof., 文学部, 教授 (10086324)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) GJERDE Per  U.C.Santa Cruz, Psychology, Associate Prof., 助教授
SHIMIZU Hiroshi  Saitama University, Psychology, Associate Prof., 教育学部, 助教授 (70162708)
SUZUKI Otoshi  University of Sacred Heart, Human Relations, Prof., 文学部, 教授 (70124211)
KOSAWA Yorio  Women's Christian University, Psychology, Prof., 文理学部, 教授 (00060632)
AZUMA Hiroshi  Shirayuri College, Development Psychology, Prof., 文学部, 教授 (60012548)
Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1997
KeywordsSelf development / Socio-cultural context / Adolescence / Japanese / Japanese-American / Anglo-American
Research Abstract

In this study, we focus to compare three cultural groups-Japanese, Japanese-American and Anglo-American students on self development and socio-cultural context. The questionnaire was designed to collect information about a wide range of topics, including students' and parents' backgrounds, self-competence, memtors, psychological supports from significant persons and students' felling for their parents.
1. Perceived self-competence on global self-worth, close friendship and scholastic competence/intellectual ability domains : Japanese middle school students and college students consistently rated their self-competence lower than their cultural counterparts. This tends to be clear in case of middle school students, especially those of females.
2. Parents' and friends' positions as mentors : Friends were most important mentor in three cultural groups except Anglo-American females. In the case of Japanese and Japanese-American students, same gender friend showed significantly higher scores than cross gender friend. On the other hand, cross gender friend showed significantly higher scores than same gender friend in Anglo-American students. In the case of Japanese and Anglo-American students, especially females, mother was another important mentor.
3. Relation between perceived psychological support from significant person and perceived self-competence : Consistent predictors to each competence domains were not found in each cultural groups. We found, however, that in case of female students psychological support from same gender friend tended to become a significant predictor to the competence domains.

  • Research Products

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All Publications (6 results)

  • [Publications] 古澤 頼雄: "Japan-U.S.study on self development and socio-cultural context in adolescence-Perceived Psychological Support and Self-Competence-" Science report of Tokyo Women's Christian Univ.121-124. 1431-1440 (1997)

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  • [Publications] 柏木 恵子: "青年期の自己の発達と社会文化的文脈に関する日米比較研究" 科学研究費(総合研究A)成果報告書. 76- (1997)

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  • [Publications] 古澤 頼雄: "青年・父親・母親三者関係における自己有能感に関する日米比較" 東京女子大学比較文化研究所紀要. 59. 89-113 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Yorio Kosawa, Hiroshi Azuma, Keiko Kashiwagi, Otoshi Suzuki, Hiroshi Shimizu, Per Gjerde and Catherine Cooper: "Japan-U.S.study on self development and socio-cultural context in adolescence-Perceived Psychological Support and Self-Competence-" Science report of Tokyo Women's Christian Univ.Nos.121-124. 1431-1440 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Keiko Kashiwagi, Yorio Kosawa, Hiroshi Azuma, Otoshi Suzuki, Hiroshi Shimizu, Per Gjerde and Catherine Cooper: "Japan-U.S.study on self development and socio-cultural context in adolescence" Report of Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A). (1997)

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  • [Publications] Yorio Kosawa: "The perception Self-Competence by the Adolescent Child-Father-Mother Triad in Japan and the U.S." Annals of the Institute for Comparative Studies of Culture, Tokyo Women's Chiristian Univ.Vol.59. 89-113 (1998)

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